The Handwriting on the Wall

Our civilization as we know it is no longer sustainable. You don’t need to look far to discover this sad fact. Our system of education is imploding. Our government can no longer govern properly. Our system of agriculture is killing us and is causing massive pollution and erosion of precious topsoil. If you examine every section of our modern society, it is corrupt and rotten. Isaiah put it best in chapter one when he said, “From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises and putrifying sores…”

We have to ask ourselves why and even so the answer is staring us blankly and yet accusingly in the face. We are at fault. God created this earth a beautiful paradise, but in a few short years (compared to the length of our planet’s existence) we have destroyed it and are coming close to destroying mankind from it. Again, we can look to Isaiah for the reason: “Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.” It’s true that we, the human race, have devolved. Most recently we have produced monsters that prey on innocents, that kill hundreds of people and call it God. How can these things be? It is disheartening and disturbing.

However, rather than go on about the deficiencies of our modern life, we need to look for solutions and find a way out of what has become a society ready to plunge into great darkness. Perhaps we can’t save the whole, but we can save ourselves. We can individually turn back to God. We can live by His laws. He did not give us thousands of laws. He gave us ten and then gave us one that encompasses all: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I would not like people to gossip about me or hurt me in any way. Let the change begin with me. Each individual can only do it for himself and pray that it catches on and others will see that such a life is bountifully blessed.

I can begin to respect God’s creation and live in harmony with it. Yes, it is mine to use but to use wisely. God said, “Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth.” He did not say to steal its riches and deplete its resources until there is nothing left for future generations. God put the man in the garden to dress it and KEEP it. We have not been good stewards of this gift of the earth. The only solution is to acknowledge our fault. We cannot put the blame on anyone else. We have done this thing. Then we have to turn to God for the solutions. He has an answer. He is really willing for us to make it. And, if God be for us, who can be against us? No one. No thing. We can do it. There is a little time for us to change. Let’s change now!